James R.

I am a mechanical engineer turned educator with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an M.A. in Education from North Park University, and I hold an active Illinois Professional Educator License. I spent eight years teaching physics, honors physics, and math at the high school and middle school levels in the Chicago suburbs, where I designed original curriculum, built competency-based learning frameworks, and worked with students across a wide range of ski…